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(No Model.) Y u W. H. PERRIN.l

SULKY PLOW.

Nofaoazga. Patented June-7,1898.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,298,jdated June '7, 1898.

Application led September 22, l897. Serial No. 652,570. (No model.)

T @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAMIIUMPrIREY PERRIN, acitizen of the Dominion of Canada,

in Sulky-Plows, of which the"following is a My invention relates to improvements i the manner of raising and lowering the plow and to the manner in which the tongue is serefer to same "and vsimilar parts throughout the several figures.

Figure 1 is a top View of my improved plow, the plowshare and colter not being shown.

Fig. 2 is a side view ofi-the same, showing the.

plow raised and the chain slack. Fig. 3 is a viewfrom the other side, showingthe plow lowered. Fig. 4 is a detail showing the connection of the plow-beam` and axle.

The plow 10, foot-rest 9, colter 11, and seat 12 are of the ordinary construction and are secured to the beam 13 in any suitable man` The beam 13 is preferably straight and is secured to the front axle bya yoke 14, which is provided with eyes through which the said axlepasses. The rear end of the beam is sup-V ported by a follower-wheel 15. This wheel is journaled ina depending fork 16, which isf` pivoted to the beam and-has an'arm 17 formed on its upper end at a right angle to the beam horizontally. This arm is connected by a rod 1S to a lug 19, formed on the yoke `14.

A lever is fulcrumed to the beam, having a spring-catch 21, adapted to engage a toothed segment 22. This lever is connected by a rod 23a to an arm 23, rigidly secured t0 the front axle. The front axle n has arms 24 and 25 at either end and rigidly secured. The arm 24 on the furrow side is shorter than the one on the landside side and carries a larger wheel 2 6. 27 being the landside-wheel,

`al1ook2S is secured to the Mfurrow end of the axle 25 andis connected by a chain 29 to the lower end of the lever 20, which projects below the beam. Another lever is fulcrumed be set.

on the end of a rod 3l, the other end of which is secured to the lug 19 on `the yoke 14 and is operated in anfapproximately horizontal plane, y a rod32 to the tongue, 33. A toothed segment,34, securedfto the axle`25a near the landside, is `fengaged'by` a spring-catch and holds thislleverin whatever position it may The tongue 33 is secured to the axle 6o between the two arms of the yoke 14.

The plow is operated in the following manner: Vhen the lever 2O is pulled toward the driver, the axle is turned, so that the arms carrying the wheels are perpendicular, thus raising the front end of the beam and carrying the plow clear of the ground. The chain 29 is slack, allowing the axle 25a to be turned from its normal position, which is at a right angle kto thetongue. `Vthen, however, the le- 7o verhis pushedforward or away from the driver, the plow engages the ground and the chain 29 is drawn tight",I thus rigidly connecting the plow-beam and axle at a right angle. When the axle is turned, as it may be in the former position, the rod18 turns the follower-wheel.`

When the `plow is in the ground, the followerwheel,"bea1n, and front axle are all rigid and cannot be turned. Vhen, however, it is necessary for the horses to turn while the plow 8o is in the ground-as, for instance, at the end of a f land -`the lever 30 is disengaged from the toothed segment 34, and thus allows the tongue to be turned, while the plow continues `to gostraight on to the end of the land. The 8 5 depth of the plow inthe ground is regulated by the `lever 20.

What I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a sulky-plow, the combination with 9o theaxle 25 having depending arms at the ends on which the wheels are journaled, an arrn23 secured to the said axle, a lever fulcrumed on the plow-beam attached to the said axle, a toothed segment and spring-catch holding the said lever in any desired position, a rod connecting the said lever to the said arm 23, above the fulcrum, and a chain connectin g the said lever below the fulcruinwith a hook on the said axle, substantially as set maI forth.

2. In a sulky-plow, the combination with The end of this lever is connected by 5 5 the axle 25 on the depending arms of which and to the tongue a short distance f1 the front Wheels are journaled, of the tongue rem' end, Substantially as set forth. pivotally connected to the said axle, the lever 30 fulorulned on a rod 8l, a toothed segment WILLIAM H-UMPHREY PE 5 adapted to be engaged by the said lever and /Vtnesses: secured to the said axle, and a. brace-rod 32, NETTIE REBECCA VICKUARE,

pivoted to the said lever below the fuloruln HARRY ANSON LANELL. 

